Category: Atlas Centaur

Throwback Thursday – Cape Canaveral Lighthouse and Atlas-Centaur AC-5 Failure Launch in 1965

Jul 24, 2025

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by

Alden Pitard

in Atlas, Atlas Centaur, Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Launch Complexes, Launch Complex 36, Lighthouse, Rockets

While working at the Kennedy Space Center I came across this gem of a Photo of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 1965. After reading the caption I had to do some investigation of the Launch of an Atlas-Centaur from Launch Complex 36-A on March 2nd, 1965. PHOTO CAPTION: Cape Kennedy, Florida: 8:23 a.m. EST, March…